School waives off admission fees in view of Covid-19

Vadodara: At a time when parents in the city are protesting demand for fees by various private schools, a school in Waghodia has taught a lesson on humanity by knocking off admission fees totally for all its students. It has also allowed the parents to pay the other fees in staggered period over few months.
Management of New Sunrise School has said that keeping the precarious financial condition of parents owing to the lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, it has waived off the fees. Around 200 students of the school who have been promoted to Class I, IX and XI will benefit from this move.
“Everybody, be it organization or individual, has been affected due to this pandemic and at such a juncture it’s imperative that parents and administrators of the schools work with mutual understanding and cooperation,” said school’s managing director, Russy Wadia.
He further said that some of the parents whose financial conditions are not good have also been allowed to pay other fees after some months. “We understand what the parents are going through right now. Therefore, we have given them time to pay the other fees and have allowed their wards to attend online classes,” Wadia added.
Meanwhile, on Thursday an NGO – Consumer Rights Organization – submitted a memorandum to the district education officer U N Rathod alleging that some schools are not following guidelines of fees regulatory committee (FRC) and are not providing links for online classes to students whose fees have not been paid.